Psalms 15: A psalm of David.
1 Lord,
who may dwell in your sacred tent?
Who may live on your holy mountain?
Who may live on your holy mountain?
2 The one whose walk is blameless,
who does what is righteous,
who speaks the truth from their heart;
3 whose tongue utters no slander,
who does no wrong to a neighbor,
and casts no slur on others;
4 who despises a vile person
but honors those who fear the Lord;
who keeps an oath even when it hurts,
and does not change their mind;
5 who lends money to the poor without interest;
who does not accept a bribe against the innocent.
who does what is righteous,
who speaks the truth from their heart;
3 whose tongue utters no slander,
who does no wrong to a neighbor,
and casts no slur on others;
4 who despises a vile person
but honors those who fear the Lord;
who keeps an oath even when it hurts,
and does not change their mind;
5 who lends money to the poor without interest;
who does not accept a bribe against the innocent.
Whoever
does these things
will never be shaken.
will never be shaken.
It is important to keep the truth in your heart. If
you can do that, then you have power over the enemy and his lies in your life.
The more that we lean to the truth, walk in the way and light with each other,
and ourselves, the less likely we are to fall prey to his schemes. We were born sinners and as such are weak in our
flesh.
John
8:44: You belong to your father, the devil, and you want
to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to
the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native
language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
I think the biggest lie that satan ever told is that
one that we hear from other people a lot. “I am a Christian. I am a good
person.” Our hearts hurt because when they already think that they are a
Christian, they have preconceived notions. They stop searching the truth
because they think that they are good enough and don’t need to work on it. They
are insulted when you say that we are all sinners, including them. They feel
that they only need to wear the name tag and that protects them from going to
hell. So they continue to live life as they are. Lost.
We understand the spiritual warfare that we must
endure against the one who would have us believe that we made it to some
invisible mark and now we do not have to try to produce good fruit or immerse
ourselves in the word.
On the surface, we may seem okay. We do what we
should do, we love each other and support each other in the way that God has
called us. But inside, we still fight our thought life. We always will.
Ephesians
6:12:
12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against
the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual
forces of evil in the heavenly places.
Once God has called you, His Holy Spirit will guide
you in all righteousness. He wouldn’t have the need for the Holy Spirit to
dwell in us if we were capable of doing it alone. We aren’t.
John 14:15-31:
Jesus
Promises the Holy Spirit
15 “If you love me,
keep my commands. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give
you another advocate to help you and be with you forever—17 the Spirit of truth. The
world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But
you know him, for he lives with you and will be[a] in you. 18 I will not leave you as orphans; I will
come to you.19 Before
long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me.Because I live,
you also will live. 20 On that day you will realize that I am
in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you. 21 Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the
one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and
I too will love them and show myself to them.”
22 Then Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said,
“But, Lord, why do you intend to show yourself to us and not to the world?”
23 Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves
me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to
them and make our home with them. 24 Anyone who does not love me will not obey my
teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who
sent me.
25 “All this I have
spoken while still with you. 26 But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom
the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will
remind you of everything I have said to you. 27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I
do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and
do not be afraid.
28 “You heard me say,
‘I am going away and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved me, you would
be glad that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I. 29 I have told you now before it happens, so
that when it does happen you will believe. 30 I will not say much more to you, for the
prince of this world is coming. He has no hold over me, 31 but he comes so that the world may learn that
I love the Father and do exactly what my Father has commanded me.
“Come now; let us leave.
You must remember that each of us are at a different
level of truth. Each of us are fighting the daily spiritual battle in ourselves
and dealing with our own weaknesses and temptations on this earth. We cannot
look upon our brothers and sisters and say, “I am up here and they are still
down there.” You cannot judge them or where they are at because we are all the
same to Christ who loves us and gave His life for us and left the Holy Spirit
for us. But look at it this way, we are not alone either. We can lean to one
another for strength and understanding. We can guide each other and love one
another with the love of Christ. This is what we are called for.
Ephesians
4:25:
25 Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth
with his neighbor, for we are members one of another.
Trust each other. We are all here for each other. We
must understand that each of us have our own battles. We are not just here to
feed the hungry, save the lost and house broken souls. We are here to support
our brothers and sisters in Christ. Always.
